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    Athlone WWTW - South Ponds (33581831)

    Western Cape

    Card 505305
    Compiler 73
    Location code 33581831Athlone WWTW - South Ponds (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-12-17
    Season OOther
    Start time 13:10
    End time 13:45
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 416
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Some disturbance from Swan-neck crane cleaning some of the ponds
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)
    60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    150
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)
    20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    1270
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    81Confirmed Breeding
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Spatula smithii)
    360
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    1030
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)
    120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)
    450
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)
    40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    22Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    180
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    270
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    10


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:48
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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